Raul Ruidiaz scored on a penalty kick in the 51st minute as the Seattle Sounders moved into sole possession of first place in the Western Conference on Monday after a 1–1 tie with the visiting Los Angeles Galaxy. The Sounders (17–8–8, 59 points) inched past Sporting Kansas City (58 points) and the Colorado Rapids (58 points) for first place with Seattle having one game left, at the Vancouver Whitecaps on Sunday. Sporting K.C. still has two games remaining: Wednesday at Austin FC and on Decision Day at home against Real Salt Lake. The Rapids have one game to go, Sunday versus visiting Los Angeles FC. Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez scored off a corner kick in the 19th minute for the Galaxy (13–12–8, 47 points), who moved into sixth place in the Western Conference on a tiebreaker over the Whitecaps. The Galaxy are one point behind fifth-place Minnesota United, whom they will …